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fall1

fell, fallen UK: /fɔːl/ US: /fɑːl/

Translation

v [i]
caer(se)
She fell off her bike
Se cayó de la bicicleta
The snow was falling softly
La nieve caía suavemente
descender
bajar
The temperature has fallen today
Hoy ha bajado la temperatura
to fall asleep
dormirse
quedarse dormido,da
I fell asleep while reading
Me quedé dormida mientras leía
to fall in love with sth/sb
enamorarse
I fell in love with him the moment I saw him
Me enamoré de él en cuanto lo vi
encamotarse amér. col.
to fall apart to fall back to fall back on sth/sb to fall behind to fall down to fall for sth to fall for sb to fall in to fall off to fall out to fall out with sb to fall over to fall over sth/sb to fall throughVéase tb: to fall by the wayside; to fall for sth hook, line and sinker; to fall on deaf ears
(Definition of fall v from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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